Crafting Ideas For The Garden

As we all breathe a collective sigh of relief now that the warmer days are finally here, you may now be wondering how to take advantage of the great weather. Crafting is an excellent activity for all the family, it’s great for your mental health and crafting outside means less clean up in the house! Plus, you can create practical items to use around the home, decorative items to enjoy forever more or even gifts to wrap up for loved ones.

Here are just a few craft ideas to set up on the garden table and enjoy in the summer sun:

Flower pot decorating

Add a touch of colour and flair to your garden, with a crafting session painting plain ceramic pots. Let the kids loose with a paintbrush and acrylic paint, then seal the pots with a sealant spray to make them waterproof. Extend your craft session by planting something new and exciting in the decorated pots once they are dry and featuring them in the garden to enjoy during the summer.

Bird feeders

While there’s a plentiful supply of food during the summer months for birds and other garden wildlife, there’s no harm in serving up something tasty to feature on the bird table. Creating your own bird feeders is very easy and is the perfect outdoor crafting idea for a sunny day. All you need is an old teacup or coconut shell, suet and bird seed (these can both be found in your local supermarket).

You’ll need to melt the suet in the kitchen before taking it out into the garden and mixing it up with your chosen bird seed. Once it’s mixed, pour it into your teacup or coconut shell and leave it to set. Tie a piece of string through your teacup handle or in a hole poked through the coconut shell. Birds will love this tasty treat once it’s put out for them.

You could even pick up a blank birdhouse, craft suppliers such as Homecrafts offer these, and decorate this to hang your new bird feeder from, to encourage your feathered friends to nest their when spring rolls around again.

Rock painting

Pick out some smooth, palm-sized rocks and decorate these to feature around the garden. Perhaps you could write the name of the plants in the flower beds and place them alongside where they’re growing to remind you or you could create something with each of the family member’s names. Kids will love this messy outdoor crafting activity!

Scavenger hunt sculptures

Take the kids on a lovely summer’s walk and encourage them to pick up interesting looks leaves and sticks on their way. Take these back to the garden and grab some Sculpey or Fimo clay. Cut this into strips and roll out into rectangles or ovals. Grab all the natural flora and fauna you’ve collected then press these into the clay, to create a pretty imprint. Bake the clay, then once cool you can paint it, resulting in a pretty and very easy craft project you can feature in the garden. This tutorial from Plum Pudding explains how to do this outdoor craft yourself.

Wooden path

A good way to give a fresh air to your garden is to make trails. There are many materials that you can use for this but if you are looking for a cheap and simple idea, get a few recycled pallets and design your path in an original way.

Garden lights

Reusing objects from your home to decorate the garden when they are no longer part of the design of your interiors is the most economical DIY idea, and highly recommended. The old lamps can be transformed into curious candle holders with which to give a unique elegance to your outdoor spaces without having to invest too much.

Pallet furniture

Furniture made with pallets has gone from being a fad to becoming an option present in the design of the most elegant, alternative and unique spaces. Far from what it may seem, they are an economical DIY idea for your garden with which, in addition, you will test your talent for DIY. If you like the idea, we have a guide here.

Try out these fun outdoor craft ideas that all the family will enjoy and never have a dull day this summer.